Delirium and other mental confusion in Alabama

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$38,984typical hospital bill

$12,604typical amount paid

$9,460–$21,091range paid across 11 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,984 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Athens Limestone Hospital	Athens	12	$11,780	$9,460
St Vincent's Birmingham	Birmingham	12	$25,149	$10,193
Grandview Medical Center	Birmingham	12	$74,365	$10,298
Princeton Baptist Medical Center	Birmingham	11	$47,418	$11,214
Huntsville Hospital	Huntsville	59	$36,702	$11,400
Southeast Health Medical Center	Dothan	33	$34,240	$12,604
Cullman Regional Medical Center	Cullman	30	$25,024	$13,355
St. Vincent's East	Birmingham	25	$38,984	$13,358
Baptist Medical Center South	Montgomery	11	$42,923	$13,602
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center	Mobile	16	$45,893	$14,595
University of Alabama Hospital	Birmingham	15	$46,676	$21,091

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.